CERN: Scientific Associates Program 1053 views

Scientific Associates program are open to scientists who are established in their career and wants to work at CERN. The program is for up to 1 year while on leave of absence from their home institutes.

Subject areas:

Experimental and Theoretical particle physics

Applied Physics

Electronics Engineering

Civil Engineering

Controls and Data Acquisition

Health, Safety & Environment

Information Technologies

Materials Science

Surface Engineering

Mechanics

EligibilityCriteria:

Applicants applying for this position must remain employed at their home institute during the appointment at CERN.

Duration of the contract is max one year. Extensions may be granted in exceptional cases only. Total duration of the appointment will not be more than 2 years.

No Associate-ship can be awarded less than five years after the end date of an earlier CERN Paid Associate-ship, Fellowship or Staff Position

Documents Required:

Completed application form

Resume

List of publications

Letters of recommendation (3)

Application and all documents must reach CERN (or submitted via the e-recruitment system) before the deadline.

Note: In the “Specific Information” of the application form a link to forward THREE referees will be available.

That link will allow letters of recommendation to be submitted in support of application.

Letters must be in English or French and submitted by the closing date indicated.

Applications which are incomplete like missing reference letters etc. as of the closing date for a given meeting will not be considered

Offer:

All applications for Associateships are considered by the Associates and Fellows Committee twice every year, generally in May and November.

Successful applicants will be offered appointments which normally begin three to twelve months after the meeting.

At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. They use the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments to study the basic constituents of matter – the fundamental particles. The particles are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives the physicists clues about how the particles interact, and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature.

The instruments used at CERN are purpose-built particle accelerators and detectors. Accelerators boost beams of particles to high energies before the beams are made to collide with each other or with stationary targets. Detectors observe and record the results of these collisions.